Ukrainians Find That Relatives in Russia Don't Believe It's a War

[Demovictory9]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/world/europe/ukraine-russia-families.html

Ukrainians Find That Relatives in Russia Don’t Believe It’s a War
Many Ukrainians are encountering a confounding and frustrating backlash from family members in Russia who have bought into the official Kremlin messaging.

So, Mr. Katsiurin picked up the phone and let his father know that Ukraine was under attack by Russia.

“I’m trying to evacuate my children and my wife — everything is extremely scary,” Mr. Katsiurin told him.

He did not get the response he expected. His father, Andrei, didn’t believe him.

“No, no, no, no stop,” Mr. Katsiurin said of his father’s initial response.

“He started to tell me how the things in my country are going,” said Mr. Katsiurin, who converted his restaurants into volunteer centers and is temporarily staying near the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil. “He started to yell at me and told me, ‘Look, everything is going like this. They are Nazis.’”

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She said her sister Lyubov, who lives in Perm, wished her a happy birthday on Feb. 25, the second day of the invasion. When Ms. Kremyr wrote back about the situation on the ground, her sister’s answer via direct message was simple: “No one is bombing Kyiv, and you should actually be afraid of the Nazis, whom your father fought against. Your children will be alive and healthy. We love the Ukrainian people, but you need to think hard about who you elected as president.”

[Crunchy Frog]

1. The world is full of brainwashed magats.

Reminds me of the father who didn't believe his son was a survivor of a school shooting.

[dmr]

2. How heartbreaking ...

"... you need to think hard about who you elected president."

Reminds me of conversations we've all had with our own family members. But in Ukraine it is, of course, far more dire and critical than it is here in the States.

[DanieRains]

3. Never Underestimate The Power Of Brainwashing

From "the world is 6,000 years old" to turning America into a dictatorship is patriotic.

There should be a better pushback.

[Chainfire]

4. There will come a day when we have to stop talking and start doing.